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The pace of the news cycle is evolving with the social media environment. I remember being interested, at a young age, in the fact that our newspaper came to the house once a day. It usually arrived around four in the afternoon. I wondered what would happen if newsworthy events unfolded right before or right after we received our paper. In the age of social media, I no longer have to wonder about that. As soon as a newsworthy event occurs, unfolding details about the event are often available online.1
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Gloviczki, P.J. (2015). The News Cycle in the Age of Social Media. In: Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137460875_3
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